The Criminal Justice Conversations PodcastConnie Rice, Co-Director of the
Advancement Project, discusses how she got involved
in gang prevention work, her efforts to reform the
Los Angeles Police Department through both lawsuits
and collaboration, her partnership with former LAPD
Chief Bill Bratton, an innovative life skills
program in LA’s jails, and more.
Click here to listen.

Connie
Rice: Conscience Of The CityIn Power Concedes Nothing, civil
rights attorney Connie Rice describes brokering
peace between the Los Angeles Police Department and
minority populations. In her memoir, Rice details
how she went from the LAPD's antagonist to reformer,
convincing police that they needed to court the
backing and support of the city's African-American
and Latino populations.
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story!
Listen to the NPR story here.

- Los Angeles riots: Connie Rice discussed LAPD
during Times live chat
Twenty years later, Rice, now co-director of the
Advancement Project, says: "We're in a place I never
thought we would be." Click here to read the article.

- LA riots: How 1992 changed the policeBecause LAPD had a very arrogant, 'we're above
the law' attitude," says Connie Rice, a civil rights
lawyer. "It was the first time the black community's
complaints couldn't be denied and swept under the
rug."Click here to read the article.

- Riots exposed long-lingering racial tensions in
Los Angeles
"I think the lesson we learned is that we have to
talk with one another," said Connie Rice, a
prominent Los Angeles civil rights attorney who has
worked on reforms to the LAPD.Click here to read the article.

- The '92 riot: Revisiting a dark day in LA history
"The riots were the last spark," said Connie Rice, a
director of the civil rights group Advancement
Project and an attorney who has brought numerous
civil rights lawsuits against the Los Angeles Police
Department.Click here to read the article.

- Beck: LAPD Had "Crisis of Leadership" During
Riots
“The LAPD decided not to attend a riot it
co-created,” said Connie Rice, civil rights
attorney. Beck is now in command of a police force
with more staff and more support.Click here to read the article.

- Uprising: Hip Hop
and the LA Riots
Or, as civil-rights attorney Connie Rice puts it,
the city and nation got the chance to "see what
everyday African-Americans have been talking about
for 20 ...Click here to read the article.

- After Riots, Scandal Sparked Reform In LAPDBut civil
rights lawyer Connie Rice says real changes to the LAPD's
culture didn't begin until years later. She says the
department first had to hit bottom....Click here to listen

- The LA Riots: Looking Back At A City Under
Siege
Many of the major players were interviewed,
including civil rights attorney Connie Rice,
who'd been arguing for police reform for
years.
Click here to listen.

- Reinventing the LAPD after the riots
Guest Connie Rice, co-director of The Advancement Project, a
non-profit group focused on racial justice. Rice is also a
member of Southern California Public Radio's board.Click to download and listen to the
mp3 file.

MORE ARTICLES ON CONNIE RICE

- Civil Rights
activist speaks at Creveling
The Creveling Lounge was packed to the brim Feb. 21
with students and faculty gathered to hear legendary
civil rights lawyer, activist, and author Connie
Rice speak about her new book Power Concedes
Nothing.Click here to listen.

- Article by Joel Fox
(Pepperdine Professor)Los Angeles civil rights attorney, Connie Rice,
who spent years suing the LAPD over officer
misconduct and racism, said the old LAPD was
involved in unfairly accusing black officers of
wrongs but that this is a new LAPD.Click here to read the article.
- Article on Christopher DornerWhile few, if any, support the murderous methods
Christopher Dorner used to exact revenge, over
27,000 people have supported a Facebook page to
express their belief in his grievances.Click here to read the article.

NEWS FROM THE
FRONTLINES - The Gift of Social Justice Books
It's been a great year for books by Los Angeles
based authors writing about the social justice
movement so it's been a great year for Liberty
Hill's book-signing series that featured Connie
Rice...Click here to read the article.

- W.E.B. Du Bois Panel Tackles Hard Questions of
PovertyConstance L. Rice ... said
the business of the community is gangs, and 70 per
cent of the local economy in the housing projects is
underground, with 60 per cent criminal: drugs, human
trafficking and grand theft auto.Click here to read the article.

- Obama must recapture the imagination of young
voters
On May 25, the Urban Issues Breakfast Forum will
have a serious panel discussion on what has changed
in South Los Angeles since the 1992 riots. Attorney
Connie Rice and several others will be there to tell
of their work in trying to rebuild South L.A..Click here to read the article.

- Rice urges new tactics to heal 'kill zones'
On a day when city residents struggled to come to
grips with the shooting of a 3-year-old girl,
prominent civil rights attorney Connie Rice on
Tuesday told an audience of children's advocates
that gang violence in urban areas had become "a cult
of death and a culture of failure."Click here to read the article.

- Connie Rice Is A Modern Day Superhero
Constantine "Connie" Rice ... is just one cape away
from being a modern day superhero.Click here to read the article.

- Book Review Power Concedes Nothing by Connie Rice
- Fox&Hounds
In recognition of the Los Angeles Times Festival of
Books that took place on the campus of the
University of Southern California, Joel Fox posted
his review of Connie Rice’s book, Power Concedes
Nothing.
Click to read his review.

Connie Rice and the Ayecha challengeLos Angeles civil rights icon Connie Rice
recounts a version of her own ayecha moment in her
gripping new book, “Power Concedes Nothing." But her
context is a world away from the Garden of Eden.Click to read the article.

-
Connie Rice Talks About Her New Memoir and the
Gangs of L.A.How Connie Rice took on the gangs of L.A. and
lived to tell the story in her new memoir, Power
Concedes Nothing.Click to read the article.

It
takes a streak of steely determination to challenge
the status quoConnie Rice and the Ayecha challenge -
Los Angeles civil rights icon Connie Rice recounts a
version of her own ayecha moment in her gripping new
book, “Power Concedes Nothing." But her context is a
world away from the Garden of Eden.and no one knows that better
than Connie Rice, one of America's most renowned
civil rights attorneys.Click to read the article.

Connie
Rice was a panelist at the 7th Annual John Jay
College/Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America,
put on by the Center on Media, Crime and Justice.
Over the
course of two days, panelists from worlds as diverse
as law enforcement, advocacy, academia and
government gathered to talk about "The Problem That
Won't Go Away: How Drugs, Race and Politics Distort
U.S. Criminal Justice." Click to read the article.

A
trailblazer by blood: Connie Rice inspires with her
uniquely headstrong attitude. Connie Rice knows
a thing or two about breaking barriers, and not just
because her cousin is former Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice.Click to read the article.

- LAPD Chief Charlie Beck Throws a Book Party for
Connie Rice
For one thing, Monday night's book launching event
for civil rights lawyer Connie Rice's new memoir,
Power Concedes Nothing, was held at the LAPD's
headquarters, in the over-lit Compstat room.Click to read the article.

- An LAPD Critic Comes in From the Cold by Joe
DomanickIt was an
extraordinary event. Long a nemesis of the Los
Angeles Police Department (LAPD), Connie Rice
celebrated the publication of her memoir in the
Compstat Room in the LAPD’s sparkling new,
glass-walled downtown administrative headquarters.Click to read the article.

Streets:
El Mac (Los Angeles)

Artist El Mac's recent mural focuses on the
writings of Connie Rice, a civil rights attorney,
activist, and relative of Former U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice.
Click to read the article.

-
Right Makes RightHow a dogged civil-rights lawyer, an ex-gangster
and a risk-taking LAPD captain helped avert a second
wave of Rodney King riots. An L.A. TIMES
article/adaption from POWER CONCEDES NOTHING by
Connie Rice.
Click to read the article.

- Patt Morrison Asks: Connie Rice
Connie Rice's efforts at healing the wounded heart
of L.A.'s civic life, mending the broken ties among
police and power structure and the public, as well
as her long journey here are laid out in her book,
"Power Concedes Nothing."Click to read the article.

-
Book Review: 'Power Concedes Nothing' by Connie Rice
The author recounts her life in 'One Woman's Quest
for Social Justice in America, from the Kill Zones
to the Courtroom.Click to read the article.

- Review of Connie's book - syndicated to other
California papers.
A life spent balancing the scales of justice By
CAROLYN KELLOGG - Los Angeles TimesClick on a
newspaper's website to read the article.
Belleville News Democrat
The Modesto Bee

TRUTHDIG review of
Connie's book by Bill BoyarskyConnie Rice ... tells the story of how she and
her colleagues have worked to free poor
neighborhoods of the evils of gang killings, police
brutality, poorly run schools and bad health.Click to read the article.

Connie
Rice: 'The Conscience Of Los Angeles
No one but Connie Rice has ever simultaneously (and
successfully) sued the Los Angeles Police Department
and forged a pioneering partnership with them. Click to read the article.

A Life Spent
Balancing the Scales of Justice by CAROLYN KELLOGGConnie Rice is known in Los Angeles as a
brilliant civil rights advocate and agitator, but
people farther afield have often confused her.Click to read the article.